A handful of reports published over recent weeks by the US Government’s own Energy Information Administration and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s have revealed that coal and nuclear continue their decline across the country.

Chinese coking coal buyers were unfazed by Beijing's slapping of an additional 25% import tariff on $16 billion worth of US products -- including coking coal, coke and thermal coal -- from August 23, given ample availability of alternative supplies.

Formally acknowledging that its one-billion-ton-a-year production target by 2020 will not be met, Coal India Limited will undertake a complete review of domestic coal demand and diversification of business verticals.

As still the world's leading source of electricity (most critically, overwhelmingly so in all-important China and India) at 37-40% of all supply, and still generating 30% of U.S. power, coal is obviously not dead.

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced that it will be moving forward with an undersea project for carbon capture and storage, the first in the world to be able to store carbon dioxide waste from multiple industrial sources.

Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 15.9 million st in the week that ended Saturday, up 6.2% from the prior week and 0.9% from the year-ago week, according to US Energy Information Administration data, released Thursday.

A political storm is brewing in South Africa this week over the decision by Impala Platinum to eliminate 13,400 jobs over the next two years in a bid to cut costs and revive the price of the precious metal by trimming supply.

In 2016, while Hillary Clinton was running to “put coal miners and coal companies out of business,” then-candidate Donald Trump was pledging to save the industry. And as Bloomberg is now reporting, he may be on the verge of succeeding.

More than 50 people attended a hearing Thursday on a revised water discharge permit for Pennsylvania's Cumberland Mine, speaking both for and against proposed effluent limits for certain contaminants the mine discharges into the Monongahela River.

Discussions about economic diversification have featured in nearly every Wyoming race this election cycle, with candidates suggesting ways the state can decrease its reliance on revenues from the volatile energy sector.

Warrior Met Coal, Inc. announced the pricing of an underwritten secondary offering of 2,204,806 shares of its common stock by certain of its existing stockholders at a public offering price of $25.50 per share.

Trump administration officials prodded authors at one of the Energy Department’s national labs to highlight past electrical outages from natural gas-fired power and emphasize planned coal plant closures as part of the analysis.

The S&P Global Platts Coal Marketing Days Conference gathers the best and the brightest of coal buyers, sellers, traders, transportation providers, ports and terminals, among others, to network and exchange industry knowledge.

A new campaign from a group of US fossil fuel industry representatives will aim to sell coal, gas and oil as a technology-friendly solution to global energy poverty that is already entrenched in the day-to-day lives of much of the developed world.

Addresses were given by CEO and Chairman Dalph S. McNeil, who discussed the major role long-tenured employees played in the company’s success, and President Rick Graham, who focused on how the company is continuing to transform and evolve.

Polish trade union leaders and government officials at a climate conference called Thursday for nations to protect industrial jobs and be given the freedom to choose their own approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Consent Solicitations are being made in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a Consent Solicitation Statement dated July 30, 2018, to holders of record as of July 30, 2018.

Controversy Persists Over Suspected North Korean Coal Shipments to South Korea

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it is closely communicating with the US on the issue of suspected North Korean coal shipped to South Korea, amid concerns that the North may be exploiting gaps in the international sanctions regime.

At least four cargoes of US coal worth $30 million are headed to China as Beijing prepares to hit imports with hefty 25 per cent tariffs, threatening a niche supply of the fuel even as China's appetite for foreign coal shows no sign of abating.

Steel giant ArcelorMittal surprised coking coal markets recently with a major US domestic and international seaborne combined tender enquiry for fourth-quarter 2018 and 2019 volume, a taste of US forward demand as steel prices hit highs.

For the quarter, the Partnership reported a net loss of $3.0 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $4.6 million, compared to a net loss of $0.3 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $6.9 million in the second quarter of 2017.

England: Friends of the Earth Battles Plans to Reopen an Underground Coal Mine in Neath Valley

In England, plans to reopen an underground drift coal mine in the Neath Valley are going back before councilors after an environmental campaign group highlighted the application had not included any up-to-date ecological surveys on protected species.

Coal miners hold a special place in America’s collective consciousness. For years, writers and pundits have tried to identify the reason for coal mining's importance in the American imagination and American politics. Theories abound.

Mission Coal's Pinnacle low-vol coking coal mine may be forced to close, due to geological issues and water seepage, cutting available volumes of the grade for export markets, the company's CEO said Wednesday.

Outrage over a bank’s new policies regarding the energy industry is boiling over in coal country. This, as a bank with a local branch in a small NW Colorado town adopts what many call a new anti-coal policy.

The Sleeve Saver™ Longwall Pick from Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology is an all-new design that has been engineered to last longer than standard longwall picks, as it also works to protect and extend the life of the sleeve and block.

U.S. District Judge Brian Morris denied a request from environmental groups to stay new leases pending a regional review, but ruled each new lease will have to include a climate change evaluation in both Wyoming and Montana.

New investments in South Asia and the Middle East, as well as increasing interest from Sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya, are likely to maintain coal’s stranglehold on the power market, where it holds 40 percent of the world’s energy output.

New Report Shows Why High Efficiency Low Emissions Remains Imperative for the Association of South East Asian Nations Countries

Developing and emerging economies such as the Association of South East Asian Nations, cannot meet their energy needs, tackle energy poverty, and reduce global emissions without utilizing all energy options and all low emission technologies.

Conservationists claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that a Trump administration committee reviewing royalties paid by companies on fossil fuels extracted from public lands is stacked with industry supporters who conduct some meetings in secret.

The story is familiar: Factories leave, farms mechanize, mines close, and the community suffers and shrinks. Finding a new economic engine that can provide jobs, power the tax base, and keep the kids from leaving is a daunting task in today’s rural Americ

Ramaco Resources, Inc. today reported net income of $10.2 million, or $0.25 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2018, compared with a net income of $5.3 million, or $0.13 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2018.

Four workers were killed and nine were missing after an explosion at a small coal mine in China’s Guizhou province on Monday night, state-owned Xinhua News reported on Tuesday citing local authorities.

Flanked by officials with the state’s Department of Revenue and Department of Environmental Protection, Justice said taxes owed to the state by his companies have been paid and all state and county tax obligations fulfilled.

Representatives of Australian-based Paringa Resources recently presented updates on the progress of and expected economic boost from two Kentucky coal mining projects to McLean Chamber of Commerce members.

Coal mines in Central Appalachia saw a near-three-year high in production volumes for the second quarter, as the metallurgical and export markets continue to remain strong, according to preliminary US Mine Safety and Health Administration data.

German energy-related carbon emissions are estimated to have fallen 3% year on year in the first half of 2018 after primary energy consumption dropped 1% as a mild spring more than offset the 5% demand gain during a cold first quarter.

Now in its 41st year, S&P Global Platts Coal Marketing Days Conference gathers the best and the brightest of coal buyers, sellers, traders, transportation providers, ports and terminals to network and exchange industry knowledge.

CONSOL to Seek Permits for Low-Vol Metallurgical Coal Mine in West Virginia

The permitting process will take at least 12-18 months, according to US investment bank Seaport Global. Higher demand for US coking coal in domestic and overseas markets has boosted interest in developing resources.

A utility that serves Eastern Kentucky and burns coal to produce electricity has sold $17.6 million worth of coal it didn’t need, offering yet another example of how the relatively low cost of natural gas has undermined the region’s economy.

A Reuters survey of the top 10 U.S. power companies showed eight have no plans to purchase and install carbon capture and storage equipment, citing high costs and uncertain demand, while the other two declined to comment.

Regency Mines Plc announced that it has been informed by Legacy Hill Resources Ltd, the 53% owner of Mining Equity Trust, LLC (MET), that as of August 2, 2018, MET has taken over the operation of the metallurgical coal operations at Cedar Bluff, VA.

Senators Steve Daines, John Barraso, Shelley Moore Capito and James Inhofe introduced a bill clearing the way for construction of the Millennium Bulk Terminal, which would create hundreds of Montana jobs by expanding trade opportunities for Montana coal.

Two years of higher-than-average met coal prices and 2018's first-half rally in seaborne thermal coal markets are helping drive more interest in Canada's coal mines and projects seen by the Coal Association of Canada.

Trade jitters in China related to the US's push to impose tariffs and retaliatory measures to guard against a longer-term softening in Asia's biggest economy may have driven seaborne coking coal's 8% month-on-month decline in July.

The 2018 Illinois Basin Coal & Mining Expo will feature some of the region’s top industry experts, who will share their insights and foresights about the existing state of the coal industry, and the future of mining on the whole.

The move underlines the challenges facing Canada as it tries to deal with Washington under US President Donald Trump, who has slashed domestic corporate taxes and imposed tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum.

A subsidiary of the diversified miner, Anglo American Inyosi Coal, sold its 73% in the New Largo coal project which included the New Largo thermal coal project and Old New Largo closed colliery, to New Largo Coal Proprietary.

CONSOL Energy Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has increased its previously authorized repurchase program to an aggregate amount of up to $100 million from $50 million, through the period ending June 30, 2019.

New England is an energy-intensive place to live (the winters are no joke), and energy bills show it. Poor policy choices have burdened consumers with some of the nation’s highest energy prices to compound the burden of high energy use.

Representatives from the United Mine Workers of America Career Center will provide information to the laid-off miners, to guide them toward schooling or training, either inside or outside the mining industry.